My decade plus journey in the tech startup world was abruptly redirected by my mother's battle with major depression. After the tragic loss of a dear family   These events prompted a profound reevaluation of my career and life, leading to a reorientation towards mental health. Faced with the inadequacies of mainstream antidepressants in treating her condition, I embarked on a quest to find alternative therapies beyond the conventional medical paradigm.

In 2017, I tuned into early signals of a cultural resurgence around psychedelic medicine. The renaissance in clinical research at some of the world's top academic institutions and their scholarly validation of psychedelics as promising mental health treatments, captured my attention. Michael Pollan's seminal masterpiece, "How to Change Your Mind," served as a catalyst for my personal exploration into this transformative, experiential therapy. My first guided experience was truly one of those events, where your life can be neatly divided into before and after. That experience revealed to me the profound healing potential of psychedelic therapy and the opportunity to enhance the lives of high functioning, well people. I felt in every cell in my body the huge positive impact this would have on our world and I felt a responsibility and desire to help people get access to these experiences in safe and trustworthy environments.

From late 2020